Came across this article through serendipity and hopefully it may clarify some misconceptions about the practice:
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2066/do-eskimo-men-lend-their-wives-to-strangers
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When Robert Peary made one of his voyages to reach the North Pole in the early 1900s he and a member of the expedition accepted the hospitality of their Eskimo hosts including having sexual relations with Eskimo women. Both Peary and his right-hand man, Matthew Henson, each fathered a son.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Henson#Family
So they had a good time "laughing" with them, huh?
shareWell, they didn't want to seem rude.
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